No terrorism link in Niagara Falls Rainbow Bridge explosion: FBI

 A vehicle speeding toward a U.S.-Canada bridge from the American side crashed and exploded at a checkpoint in Niagara Falls on Wednesday, killing two people and prompting the closing of multiple border…

Household movers should take ‘consultative’ approach, think beyond price: Kruger

Larry Kruger has worked in the moving sector for decades, but the independent relocation consultant worries about one particular type of move – the gap that continues to grow between…

Household movers battle fake reviews, but there’s also room to improve

Canada’s household movers can get a bad rap — and not all the complaints are deserved. Such businesses account for six times more fake reviews submitted to the Better Business…

Livestock groups call for more flexible Hours of Service rules

Canadian livestock groups are calling for added flexibility in Hours of Service rules, arguing that electronic logging devices (ELDs) don’t account for realities that affect animal welfare. Industry groups appearing…

Clogged highways come at a steep cost

This column would have been completed sooner, but I was stuck in traffic. There’s nothing unusual about that. Not in the Greater Toronto Area. The commute from my home in…

Death Drives a Semi shares stories of phantom trucks and things that go bump in the night

Edo van Belkom has built a career around things that go bump in the night. There have been vampires, werewolves, and a rug that digests anything beneath it. And let’s…

Trucking HR Canada honors Top Fleet Employers at 10th annual gala

In a business built around trucks and trailers, it’s the people who keep things rolling – and Trucking HR Canada is celebrating those who embrace the best workplace practices. The…

On plugs, tanks, and bottlenecks

I’ve enjoyed some valuable truck seat time in recent weeks but generated few – and sometimes no – emissions.   There was the FH Electric tractor with a Globetrotter XL…

PepsiCo introducing a sustainable generation of trucks

The original Pepsi Challenge marked the height of the cola wars, as the beverage maker invited consumers to participate in blind taste tests. But the goal of sustainable transportation may…

Voltera CEO on charger bottlenecks: ‘We can’t blame the OEMs anymore’

Voltera is placing the finishing touches on what it refers to as a “truck stop of the future” at the Port of Long Beach, California, supporting more than 60 battery-electric…

Electrifying fleet facilities can take two years or more: FedEx Express manager

FedEx is hardly new to the journey of electrification. It began experimenting with vehicles powered by lead acid batteries as early as 1992. And this June, FedEx Express Canada received…

Hydrogen-powered Daimler truck passes 1,000 km on single fill

Daimler Truck has completed a 1,047-km run in a fuel-cell-electric truck powered by a single fill of hydrogen – a key demonstration in its bid to promote the technology as…

B.C. revokes fleet licences after driver hits overpass, flees

British Columbia’s transportation minister says the company whose truck slammed into a North Vancouver overpass on Tuesday, snarling traffic for hours, has had the licence for its entire fleet suspended. Rob Fleming…

Volvo Trucks’ green ambitions involve more than emissions alone

Proof of Volvo Trucks’ green ambitions are already rolling in and around Gothenburg, Sweden. The track at the Volvo Trucks Demonstration Center is lined with battery-electric FM and FH…

Volvo expands electric truck production, sees carbon pricing as key to zero-emissions future

Zero-emissions trucks are beginning to roll off global assembly lines, and Volvo Trucks sees carbon pricing as a key tool to fund the charging infrastructure that will keep such equipment…